Recognized among the top 100 most-influential people in healthcare by Modern Healthcare Magazine, Alan Morgan serves as Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Health Association. He is one of the nation’s leading experts on rural health policy. 

Mr. Morgan served as a contributing author for the publication “Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care” and for the publication “Rural Populations and Health.” In addition, his health policy articles have been published in The American Journal of Clinical Medicine; The Journal of Rural Health; The Journal of Cardiovascular Management; The Journal of Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology; Cardiac Electrophysiology Review; and Laboratory Medicine. 

Mr. Morgan served as staff for former U.S. Congressman Dick Nichols and former Kansas Governor Mike Hayden. Additionally, his past experience includes tenures as a healthcare lobbyist for the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, the Heart Rhythm Society, and for VHA Inc.He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas and a master's degree in public administration from George Mason University.